Hoop-lug.



No. 334.408.v

PATENTEUoGT. so, 19de.

M. BENZ.

Hoor LUG. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 7. 1905.

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l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Nass/1,408.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed October 7,1905. Serial No. 281.857.

T a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, MITCHELL RENz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hoop-Luge, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in lugs for securing hoops in position upon tanks, vats, cisterns, &c., and has for its object to provide a lug which is adapted for use 1n connection with hoops formed of round or oval rods or rods of any suitable contour in cross-section.

Another obj ect is to provide a lug which is formed in a single casting and has the receiving slots or ears thereof inclined, so as to permit the hoop ends to be inserted therein without the necessity of bending them, and to hold the hoop ends in an inclined position to facilitate the application and removal of their securing-nuts.

Another object is to provide a lug which can be used in connection with hoop-rods of diHerent sizes.

The invention consists in the noval construction and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter fully described and claimed,

referencel being had to thev accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1l is a side view of one of my improved lugs, showing the hoop connected thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the lug with the hoop detached. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the lu'g on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the lug on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the base of the lug, which comprises a rectangular body-plate 2, preferably transversely slotted 'or of skeleton form to secure lightness. Projecting from the opposite sides of this-bodyplate are wings or extensions 3 and 4, located on opposite sides of the longitudinal center line of the plate. Each of these wings is formed with a slot 5 toreduce weight and provided with a receiving-groove 6 and a retaining lug or shoulder? located at the outer side of the groove or at the side farther from the center line' of the lug. The body-plate 2 carries a pair of eyes or slotted ears 8 of.

arched form, said ears having their outer ends extending upwardly from the outer end of the body-plate and their inner ends joined by a bridge-piece 9, connecting them with the center of the body-plate at opposite sides of the slot therein. The upper walls of the eyes or ears are formed with inclined faces 10, the faces of the two ears being inclined upwardly in opposite direction. The lug as a whole consists of a single casting and is longitudinally curved lto conform to the contour of a tank or similar receptacle.

- When it is desired to secure a hoop in position upon a tank or vat, the lug is placed upon the receptacle between the threaded ends of the hoop, and said ends are then inserted through the eyes or ears from opposite sides thereof and rest against'` the inclined faces 10. Nuts 11 or other securing means are then applied to the ends of the hoop and adjusted to draw the ends in opposite directions through the ears, thereby firmly binding the hoop upon the tank, The ends of the hoop rest in the grooves 6 of the wings 3 and 4 and are held from outward movement by the retaining-lugs 7. B this arrangement the ends of the hoops wil beheld securely in position and the threaded terminals thereof disposed at such an angle as to facilitate the application to and removal. of the nuts therefrom. The form of the ears permit of hoops of any size or contour being employed, so that by using a lug constructed in accordance with my invention it-Will not be necessary to employ a hoop of any predetermined form or diameter. upon tanks or other receptacles of different sizes, as the rods can project through the ears at different angles. By forming the lug in a single casting a cheap and durable device of simple form is provided.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim isy 1. A lug for tank-hoops comprising a rectangular body-plate provided at opposite sides with oblong rectangular wing-plates lying on opposite sides of the longitudinal center thereof, each wing-plate having -at its outer end a receiving-groove and a retaininglug located at the outer side thereof, the body being centrally formed with a double-arched portion forming ears located respectively in alinement with said wings, said ears having their lcrown-walls inclined in opposite directions. i

tangular body-plate provided at opposite sides With oblong rectangular wing-plates ly- Moreover, the lug can be used 2.l A lug for tank-hoops comprising a recing on opposite sides of the longitudinal center thereof, each Wing-plate having its uppei` face upwardly and inWardl inclined and being provided at its outer en With a receiving- 5 groove and a retaining-lug on the outer side of said groove, the body being centrally formed with a double-arched portion forming ears located respectively in alinement With said Wing, said ears having their crown- Walls inclined in opposite directions.

MITCHELL BENZ.

Witnesses:

M. L. JOHNSON, FREMONT THROWER. 

